Sol-20 Keyboard

Pull off one of the SOL keys. Note the spring and the key mounting mechanism. Go to your local surplus joint and go through their pile 'o' old keyboards, pulling a key off of each until you find one that uses springs -- Keytronic made essentially the same foam-pad mechanism for years and years, on PC keyboards. I found a suitable one quite easily, and replaced all of the foam in my SOL. Kai -----Original Message----- From: Marvin [mailto:marvin@rain.org] Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 9:51 AM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Sol-20 Keyboard Well, the saga continues. This unit does have the 85 key keyboard and the Sol-20 power supply so I don't know what to say about the model 10 on the nameplate. I took the keyboard apart last night and found both the sponge disintegrating and the metalized plastic that contacts the keyboard also has the metalization disappearing. Since I believe this is a capacitive type of keyboard, I can see why it didn't work. What have others on the list done to replace the plastic/sponge sandwich on this type of keyboard?